[SOLVED] Help with Decoy Drill

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decoysBuilt = 0
while True:
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    
    if coin:
        # Collect the coin!
        hero.moveXY(coin.pos.x, coin.pos.y);
        pass
    # Each decoy costs 25 gold.
    # If hero.gold is greater than or equal to 25:
    if hero.gold >= 25:
        # buildXY a "decoy"
        hero.buildXY("decoy", 36, 30)
        # Add 1 to the decoysBuilt count.
        decoysBuilt == decoysBuilt + 1
        if decoysBuilt == 4:
            # Break out of the loop when you have built 4.
            break
            pass
            
hero.say("Done building decoys!")
hero.moveXY(14, 36)
# Say how many decoys you built.
hero.say("I built 4 decoys")
2

it keeps making more than 4 decoys and I cannot figure out how to stop it from doing so. Please help!

3

Dan, you defined the variable decoyBuilt for a reason. In your final statement, you are having your hero say a literal stringā€¦instead, have him say the concatenation of the variable + the words to say.

4

so I should have him say ā€œhero.say(DecoysBuilt)ā€
instead of my origanal statement?

5 
decoysBuilt = 0
while True:
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    if coin:
        hero.moveXY(coin.pos.x, coin.pos.y);
        pass
    if hero.gold >= 25:
        hero.buildXY("decoy", 36, 30)
        decoysBuilt == decoysBuilt + 1
        if decoysBuilt == 4:
            break
            pass
            
            hero.say("Done building decoys!")
            hero.moveXY(14, 36)
            hero.say("I built 4 decoys")
6

I modified the code but it is not registering the if ā€œdecoysBuilt == 4: statementā€.
Please help!

7

Actually, the original code was good, just one line needed to be changed, and yes, have him say thatā€¦only, be careful of spelling and capitalizationā€¦they count!

8

The new version you posted has the final statements indented so that they are now part of the preceding if blockā€¦you donā€™t want to indent them.

9

can you send me a completed code to compare with because I really need to see what is going on cause I think I fixed all of it but it still builds more than 4 decoys

10

Sorry, no can do. Instead, copy the code from your first post in to the game editor, replacing what you now have. Then, edit the ā€˜sayā€™ statement:

# Say how many decoys you built.
hero.say("I built 4 decoys")

To match what you asked in the 4th reply on this topicā€¦simple :slightly_smiling_face:

11

should this code work?

decoysBuilt = 0
while True:
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    if coin:
        hero.moveXY(coin.pos.x, coin.pos.y);
    if hero.gold >= 25:
        hero.buildXY("decoy", 36, 30)
        decoysBuilt = decoysBuilt + 1
        hero.say("hi" + hero.gold)
        hero.say("hello" + decoysBuilt)
        
    if decoysBuilt == 4:
        hero.moveXY(14, 36)
        hero.say("I built 4 decoys")
12

Noā€¦start over with the code from your original post:

decoysBuilt = 0
while True:
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    
    if coin:
        # Collect the coin!
        hero.moveXY(coin.pos.x, coin.pos.y);
        pass
    # Each decoy costs 25 gold.
    # If hero.gold is greater than or equal to 25:
    if hero.gold >= 25:
        # buildXY a "decoy"
        hero.buildXY("decoy", 36, 30)
        # Add 1 to the decoysBuilt count.
        decoysBuilt == decoysBuilt + 1
        if decoysBuilt == 4:
            # Break out of the loop when you have built 4.
            break
            pass
            
hero.say("Done building decoys!")
hero.moveXY(14, 36)
# Say how many decoys you built.
hero.say("I built 4 decoys") # and simply change this line
13

nope it works. I just tested it

14

try it on your code stuff and see if that works

15

lolā€¦I didnā€™t realize the question there, was still focused on your original. But yes, it works.

16

Yay, glad that it works for more than 1 person!

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17

It doesnā€™t work for meā€¦
Code:

decoysBuilt = 0
while True:
    coin = hero.findNearestItem()
    
    if coin:
        # Collect the coin!
        hero.moveXY(coin.pos.x, coin.pos.y);
        pass
    # Each decoy costs 25 gold.
    # If hero.gold is greater than or equal to 25:
    if hero.gold >= 25:
        # buildXY a "decoy"
        hero.buildXY("decoy", 36, 30)
        # Add 1 to the decoysBuilt count.
        decoysBuilt == decoysBuilt + 1
        if decoysBuilt == 4:
            # Break out of the loop when you have built 4.
            break
            pass
            
hero.say("Done building decoys!")
hero.moveXY(14, 36)
# Say how many decoys you built.
hero.say("I built 4 decoys") # and simply change this line
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18

There should be only one equal sign in decoysBuilt.

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19

Oh. Okay! Thanks for the help! I passed the level!

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